Description:

This Module continues the research you completed in Module 2 on professional associations andscholarly journals in your discipline. Once you have completed the research below for Module 3, you willbe ready to compose the Final Draft of your Discipline Awareness Project, sharing what you havediscovered about your discipline regarding

professional associations,

journals,

the types of research methodology scholars in your discipline use,

the issues currently being researched and written about by professors in your discipline at Mason, and

how you can work with a disciplinementor,

study abroad,

or take advantage of student research and career opportunities in your discipline.

Directions:

I. To locate the information you will need to include in the Final Project (in addition to what youfound in Module 2 on associations and journals), follow these steps:

1. Go to: www.gmu.edu> ACADEMICS>Schools and Colleges>click on the School or College thatcontains your discipline (program); for example, Marketing is in the School of Business.

Once you have found the School or College of your discipline AND your program’s own web page,explore the sites by clicking on links such as “Research,” “Faculty Research,” “Goals/mission,” etc. tolocate and compile the following information about research in your discipline.

A. the goal/mission/objectives of the School or College AND of your particular discipline/major(Accounting, Applied IT Security, Health Administration, ISOM, etc.). You will need to explore both theSchool or College site AND your Program’s site.

B. the research currently (2012-2018) being conducted or published by THREE members of yourdiscipline. Take notes on the research methodology the faculty members are using/used (case study,

clinical research, quantitative, qualitative, meta-analysis; operations research, etc. ).

C. As you are taking notes on the three faculty members’ research methodology and project, also recordthe name of the journal in which the faculty member’s project/paper was published. In some cases,the faculty member’s research may have been presented at an association’s conference.

D. Once you have gathered the information above regarding the research of the faculty members in yourdiscipline, locate the following information, using either (or both) the School of College’s web page oryour discipline’s web page:

– Faculty MENTORS in your discipline –record the names and email addresses of two.
– Opportunities to Study Abroad in your discipline – compose a brief description, including a contact

person and email address.

– Opportunities for internships, career fairs, and research with a faculty member –compose a briefdescription of each and contact information.

NOTE: I have given you a basic path to use to help you locate the information you will need; however, Iencourage you to explore other links on the GMU site, the School/College site, and on your disciplinesite. For example, if your discipline is in the School of Business, check out the Business BUZZ Bloghttp://business.gmu.edu/blog/buzz/ link in the UndergraduateMajors link.

In addition, you can also gather information about research in your discipline by exploring theRESEARCH link http://research.gmu.edu/ on the gmu.edu Home Page. There are five links beneath thisgeneral RESEARCH link that may help you find research conducted by faculty in your discipline.

REMEMBER, the University frequently removes, revises, and re-locates links. If you click on a link Ihave included in this assignment, but you get an Error message, try using Mason’s Search function tolocate the information. Research takes time and patience.

II. Final Draft – Discipline Awareness Project – What I Have Discovered about My Discipline {Usethis as the title of your Final Project}

Description: The purpose of this Final Project is to describe what you have learned about your disciplineby completing the assignments in Module 2-professional associations and scholarly journals AND inModule 3 – research methodology, research in your discipline, and research/career opportunities. YourFinal Project will complete the Discipline Awareness project requirement. Submit ONLY your completeFinal Draft. Do NOT submit the notes you took as you completed the research for Module 3.

Directions:
Review your notes and reflect on what you have discovered about your discipline/major in the following

areas:
1) professional associations,
2) journals,
3) the types of research methodology scholars in your discipline use,

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4) the issues currently being researched and written about by professors in your discipline at Mason, and5) how you can work with a disciplinementor,
6) study abroad, or
7) take advantage of student research and career opportunities in your discipline.

Next, compose a 1200-1500-word report that describes your new awareness of your major/discipline,organizing it around the seven components above. Do NOT simply copy and paste what you wrote forModule 2 or your notes in Module 3.
This is not just an objective report; while it includes information on what you discovered, it is also areflection and analysis that has the characteristics of an essay—an introduction that ends with a claimregarding your new awareness of your discipline; adequate supporting paragraphs to support yourclaim, including what was valuable/surprising/disappointing about what you learned about the sevencomponents; and a conclusion that tells me how you feel about your major now that you have a greaterawareness of it AND what your next steps might be to explore the day-to-day routine of someoneworking in your field.

Follow either MLA or APA manuscript format. Since you will only be using links on the GMUweb site, you do not need to have a Works Cited or References page, but you must use internalattribution, such as, “On the Accounting Department web site, I discovered that there are two facultymembers currently researching tax fraud…”

Proofread carefully for diction (word choice), syntax (sentence structure) and mechanics (punctuation,spelling, capitalization,etc.).

Save your document as a WORD .docx and attach in the ASSIGNMENTS-Attach Module AssignmentsHere link by the due date andtime.